Led Zeppelin lost their battle against Willie Dixon in the past but could the band lose again? Hopefully not. This isn’t look too good for Led Zep ’cause the band been questioned by the federal court.
I’m hoping Led Zep will prevail though ’cause it would be sad if Spirit wins. If Spirit wins the demands would be pretty harsh too. Spirit is asking for lots of money in damages, plus they demand Randy California to get a writing credit in “Stairway”.
I don’t know why Led Zep is a huge target for “plagiarism” so much. I mean look at the Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Those two iconic bands rip off songs all the time but you never see people get mad at them either.
Seriously, I love Led Zeppelin so much. I may like a lot of music out there but Led Zeppelin will always be my no. 1 favorite band. Yeah, I’m a die hard Led Zep fanatic and very proud of it! I’ll always stay loyal to Led Zeppelin. People can say all kinds of negative things about the band all they want to and try to get me to turn my back on them but it’s never gonna happen. I just fuckin’ love Led Zep.
I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for them. If it weren’t for Led Zeppelin, I wouldn’t have picked up the guitar and became a musician myself. I’m a guitar player ’cause of Jimmy Page. When I saw what he did, I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life and I want to play guitar like him.
I’ve read many Jimmy Page books and many Led Zeppelin books that weren’t written by any of the band members. Finally, we get an official Led Zeppelin biography that is actually by a member from the band! Since there are too many Jimmy Page biography books out there, they all just tell the same story so most of us already know about Jimmy’s life and career. Finally, we get a story from Jimmy Page the man himself. However, instead of telling his story by text… he wanted to do something a little different by telling his story by photographs which is an interesting idea.
This is a pretty amazing book and I’m happy he did this. It only took me two days to finish looking through it. The photos are amazing too. Lot of rare ones and a lot of photos I’ve already seen before.
Just to be aware of something, this is strictly about music. You will not learn about Jimmy’s personal life. It’s all about his contribution to music over the years and it covers everything. It covers all of his music projects from when he was a young kid all the way up to the Led Zeppelin reunion O2 show.
It’s a pretty cool book and a must-see to any Led Zep fan. A lot of you know I’m a die-hard Zeppelin fanatic. I may love a lot of music out there but Led Zep will always be my no. 1.
Well this week I listened to all 9 Led Zeppelin deluxe albums that Jimmy Page just put out. It was great to re-listen to all the Led Zep studio albums and it was even better to listen to all the unreleased material that Jimmy included on the deluxe albums.
The albums sounded great too! Much improved in sound quality… why do you think they’re called “remasters”? They’re called “remasters” so they can master them all over again for a better sound, ya know? Make ’em more listenable like I said before.
Anyway, while I do love all Led Zeppelin albums, there is one Led Zep album that I admittedly don’t really like. That album is of course, “In Through The Outdoor”. While I do have most Led Zep albums on CD, the only one I don’t have is “In Through The Outdoor” ’cause it wasn’t a good Led Zep album. Why wasn’t that album good? Well, basically it’s because that John Paul Jones did most of the writing of that record. The band decided to give Jonesy most of the songwriting contribution to that record to see what direction they would take with the music. It turns out that Jonesy writes songs differently than the other guys for sure. “In Through The Outdoor” wasn’t a great record ’cause it didn’t feel like a Led Zeppelin album. The album was too mellow and I expect to hear a hard rockin’ Led Zep, ya know what I mean?
Back to the deluxe editions, these were pretty cool to listen to. I really enjoyed hearing the unreleased material. You get to hear different versions of the well-known songs and there are plenty of unreleased songs too.
A lot of important history with these albums as you listen to them. My favorite part of these Deluxe albums is that there are some songs that while the songs are playing you can hear the song getting “mixed” while it’s being played so Jimmy must be at the mixing board fooling around with the controls.
There are all kinds of cool stuff on these albums so I would suggest you to listen to these yourself if you’re a Led Zeppelin fan. Now that I finally listened to all these Deluxe albums, I think I’m gonna buy them all for sure. Not through the Itunes store, I’m thinking of buying the physical CD’s ’cause I want the album cover and all. The physical CD’s of the Led Zep deluxe editions are kind of pricey like $16.99 but I’ll get ’em anyway.
I really thought Jimmy Page did a phenomenal job on them. Below are a few tracks from the unreleased material. Just to give you a little preview of them. Enjoy.
When Jimmy released those 10 albums in remasters and Deluxe editions, he got so much criticism for doing this. People accused him of wanting a cash grab and all that stuff but they probably aren’t really Led Zeppelin fans. Well, I just started listening to the Led Zeppelin deluxe remasters albums this week since they are all out now. I listened to the first three albums. While the Deluxe version still have the original albums on them, there are about 8 or 9 extra material like live stuff, outtakes, alternate mixes and rough mixes. There are also never before heard songs on them too. You can originally hear how the band develops the well known songs of how they first started which is interesting. Plus the sound quality on the “remasters” improved too ’cause why do you think they call them “remasters”? The “remasters” versions are the better sound quality than the original recordings.
In defense of legendary bands doing all of these “remasters” these days, I think they just want the albums to sound better or something like that. Maybe they weren’t too impressed with the original sound quality on the first releases so they produce them all over again, ya know? Better sound and make ’em more listenable. It’s not a cash grab at all, I think there’s a pretty good reason that bands do these “remasters” of famous albums. Back in the old days, recording technology wasn’t as good. Since we now have the right technology to make music sound better, it is the right time to do these “remasters”. There were never Pro Tools and other DAW back in the old days.
I’m impressed with these Led Zeppelin Deluxe albums so far. While I only listened to the first three albums, I plan on listening to the rest of ’em this week. I’ll listen to “IV: Zoso” later tonight. They are pretty awesome to listen to and interesting. Stop complaining and just enjoy them. Jimmy Page made these for the fans obviously ’cause he wants to celebrate the music with you… that’s what he did this for, I think.
Well Jimmy Page just finally released all 10 Led Zeppelin album remasters and they are all available to listen to on Apple Music. So that means I get to listen to all the Led Zeppelin Deluxe remasters for free while my free trial is still going. Jimmy Page just released the final three remasters: “Presence”, “In Through The Outdoor” and “Coda”. Congrats to Jimmy.
I’m planning on giving these Led Zeppelin Deluxe remasters a listen this week right away. Looking forward to hearing them. I’ll probably give the Deluxe version of the first Led Zeppelin album a listen tonight. I was gonna buy these albums through either Itunes or physical CD but the Deluxe versions are overpriced. Now I can listen to them for free on Apple Music which is cool.
I’m sure Jimmy Page feels proud of himself for finally finishing these Deluxes and remasters. Really, he has worked so hard on them. He said he spent many hours in the studio working on them. He did it all himself.
I’m sure these Deluxe releases are available to stream on Spotify too. Thanks to Jimmy for allowing us to stream them online. Rock on! \m/
Jimmy Page will host a rare autograph signing for his memoir photo book simply titled, “Jimmy Page” at an Indigo book store in Toronto. The man himself will be making a rare personal appearance to sign his book. The autograph signing will take place on July 21st.
Only thing, the autograph will not be an actual autograph. It’s gonna be a “stamped” autograph. Jimmy will not be signing his name with a pen or a marker. He won’t be stamping other books or memorabilia… he will only be stamping his book. I’m sure fans would want their Led Zeppelin CD’s and posters signed by Jimmy Page but that’s not gonna be allowed. It’s a signing for his book only.
I don’t think he’s gonna allow photos with the fans but he does allow candid photos meaning fans can take photos of him if they please.
What’s with all the strict rules? I know Jimmy Page is not a big fan of autographs ’cause he rarely did them in his career. He probably doesn’t like signing autographs too much which is why he preferred to have them “stamped” instead of writing them by hand.
Anyway, I’m sure going through all this is worth it just to meet the master of guitar in person. Just to walk up to him say, “Hello” and shake his hand would be a dream come true. Toronto would be a 6 hour drive from here and it would be worth it. I probably would be speechless if I met him, probably would have fainted. Kneel down and do the “I’m not worthy” chant kind of like in that movie, “Wayne’s World”.
I saw a copy of the Jimmy Page photo book at Barnes & Noble last week and it’s $60. I’m gonna buy it sometime for sure. I’m the biggest Jimmy Page fan. He’s my no. 1.
Led Zeppelin usually don’t have their music in Hollywood films that much but sometimes they do. I’m sure Hollywood would have to get the band’s written permission in order to use their music. I know Led Zeppelin had their songs played in films like “Almost Famous”, “Silver Linings Playbook”, “Argo”, “American Hustle” and “The Fighter”. That’s about all that I know.
Now they have a song featured for the newest Mission Impossible film in which they used “Whole Lotta Love” for trailer no. 2. “MI: Rogue Nation” trailer no. 2 is pretty badass.
I’m pretty psyched for this film and can’t wait to see it. I’m a huge fan of the MI movies. Love all of them.
I wasn’t gonna buy the Led Zeppelin re-issues, all the Deluxe versions of the Led Zep albums but I think I’m gonna. Led Zep will release their final 3 albums of their reissues pretty soon. They will re-release “Presence”, “In Through The Outdoor” and “CODA”. I don’t have any of the Led Zep deluxe issues but I think I will start collecting them all this summer.
A lot of people are accusing Jimmy Page of re-releasing these re-issues as a cash grab but not really. I think the goal is that he just wants a new and improved sound. Not only that, he also wants unreleased material as a way to show fans how some of the songs started off when they recorded them like all the outtakes and stuff. I listened to the re-issues and I do notice a huge improvement in the sound than the original albums. The sound in the music is bigger and sounds different than the original physical CD’s.
More reasons for the re-issues is that Jimmy just wants to keep the Led Zeppelin legacy alive and he wants to celebrate the music with the fans. It’s not just about the money at all, the way I see it. I’m a die-hard Led Zep fan and I really should get these. Trying to decide whether I should get them on physical CD or get ’em from Itunes? I should probably just grab ’em from Itunes ’cause physical CD would be more expensive.
This video may have came out a little while ago but it recently grabbed Jimmy Page’s attention and he put it right on his facebook page. This video has now gone viral and is now over 2 million views. A group of children perform Zeppelin songs on Xylophones.
Who ever the teacher must be is obviously a really huge Zeppelin fan and a really good teacher.
This is how you get kids interested in music and rock n’ roll. If I ever get kids on my own, I’m gonna get them into rock n’ roll music and guitar playing and stuff. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with rock n’ roll. It was the genre I grew up my entire life listening to. When you have kids, you don’t give them Guitar Hero or Rock Band, you give them real instruments.
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